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AWNING.

Application filed December 1, 1922. Serial No. 604,889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROLLAND FORREST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful-Improvements in Awnings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in awnings and more particularly to those of the ventilated type.

An important object of the inventlon is the provision of an awning of the" abovementioned character whereby the entry of rain or" wind from the sides is prohibited and efiicient ventilation is assured.

A further object of the invention is to provide an awning of, this kind which is simple in construction, highly efiicient in use, and which may be manufactured at a V awning folded. So muc relatively small cost.

A still further object of the invention is to furnish an awning ventilator which is capable of application to all types of awnings andwhichwill not interfere with the raisin thereof.

Wit view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention com prises ,a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order'that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an awning constructed in accordance with my in-.

vention;

Fig. 2 is a central the same, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail illustrating the ventilating construction and its supporting element.

Referring specifically 'to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views, numeral 5 denotes an awning which may be secured above a window or door by means of eyelets 6. The usual metal yoke 7 is carried near .the'lower edge of the front and sides and the free'ends extend beyond the rear edges of the latter which are downturned for engagement with staples or'the like in the dooror win'dow frame whereby the yoke 7 may be swung upwardly and the vertical section through the above and other objects in and carries a wire bracing member 10 of substantially rectangular contour. This member 10 serves to maintain the roof 9 in spaced relation from the front edge of the opening 8, and is hemmed therem as shown at 11. Side-walls 12 are illustrated carried by the roof 9 and sewed in the sides of the opening 8, their purpose being to prevent the entry of rain or wind through the opening 8-'between the front .wall of the awning and the roof 9. A scalloped fringe 13 is sewed along the lower edgeof the roof 9 just rearwardly, of the bracing member 10 and depends a substantial distance therebeneath, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, its purpose being'to yieldably resist a *trong draft and deflect the air downwardly against the front wall ofthe aming from whence it will travel u wardly and through the opening Sand into the room. In the sides of the awning I have provided windows 14 of glass or other transparent material which permit themcupants of the room to look out without raising the awning.

It will be noted that the lower side of the bracing member 10 is laterally ofiset as shown at 15, thus giving the member an L-shaped form when viewed in end-elevatiorr. The purpose of this construction is as follows :It will be evident that when a strong wind is blowing toward the awning the tendency of the roof 9 will be to buckle and raise itself, thus permitting a practically unobstructed draft directly through the opening 8. To overcome this diflicu ty and to obviate the necessity of employing any longitudinal stiffening members in connection with the roof9, I have constructed thebracing member 10 15 above described. The wind striking the roof 9 tends to nab it backwardly a ainst the front we of vtheawning, and t e inner side of the bracing member 10' being in substantially the same plane as its outer side will not permit the pivoting of-bracingmember .10 upwardly the awning just to elevate the roof 9. a The offset portionsare sewed to the front wall of the awning and serve to brace and stabilize the roof 9.

From the fore oing description read in connection with t e accompanying drawing, the novel features of my invention will be readily understood and appreciated. Awn-.

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In accordance with the patent statutes I have described and illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention but 1t will be understood that I do not propose to limit myself strictly thereto since various changes and modifications will immediately suggest themselves to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention, t e scope of which 1s set forth in the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. An awning having a main roof and triangularv side walls, said, main roof being provided with an opening, a supplemental awnin overhanging said opening and havingtsi e walls and a roof, said last-named walls terminating below the opening and secured at their inner edges to said main roof, and a metallic loop having an outer side engaged with the lower edge of the roof of the supplemental awning and hav ing ah inner side connected to the lower wall of the opening, said loop comprising end members connecting said side members and having their inner portions bent and extended .upwardly and secured flatly in engagement with said main roof whereby said supplemental awning is heldin position over said opening.

2. An awning having a main roof and triangular sidewalls, said main roof being provided with an opening, a supplemental awning overhanging said opening and having side Walls and a roof, said last-named walls terminating below the opening and secured at their inner edges to saidmain roof, a metallic loop having an outer side engaged with the lower edge of the roof of the supplemental awning and having an inner side connected to the lower wall of the 0 ening, said loop comprising endmem rs connecting said side members and having their inner portions bent and extended upwardly and secured flatly in engagement with said main roof whereby said supplemental awning is held in position over said opening, and a fringe depending from the lower portion of said supplemental awning.

In testimony whereof I afiix m signature.

' HOLLAND F RREST. 

